A few cloud were looming over this month's selection, featuring very sad music by Virginia Astley and not so sad music from Holger Czukay, Jean-Philippe Rykiel and The Mystic Jungle Tribe.
Ambient
SHIZEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2be_9V4Jg Masayuki Sakamoto - Psy'chy From 風雅 Shizen Collection '87 Released on Shizen, 1987, Japan A few months ago we mentioned a record by Japanese bassist Motohiko Hamase, released on Shizen. However we did not discovered him through the record we wrote about but through a compilation released on the label in 1986 and simply called…Lire la suite SHIZEN
OYT ON AIR : NTS SHOWS – JUNE 2017
Here is the show from June on NTS radio. It features a few personal Summer hits, a lot of smooth guitars and a very "Paris-Texas" intro... TRACKLIST : SCOTT FRASER - COMMUNIQUÉ MICHAEL NAURA, ALBERT MANGELSDORFF, WOLFGANG SCHLÜTER, HERBERT JOOS - ENDLICH RUHE EDWIGE NISENBOIM - TOUT EST DIEU OÏO - KALIMBA MICHAEL HEDGES -…Lire la suite OYT ON AIR : NTS SHOWS – JUNE 2017
OYT ON AIR : NTS SHOWS – APRIL AND LYNCH SPECIAL
Last month one of our favourite directors made his come-back on TV with Twin Peaks Season 3... Our May show is dedicated to the music of David Lynch's movies. Check it here : Also, here is our April show for more ambient sounds :
HAMSTER RECORDS AND TAPES PART 1/4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj66RtAQMbM Lydia Tomkiw & Terry Burrows - Pressed In An Atlas From Obscure Independent Classics Volume 5 Released on Hamster Records And Tapes, 1988, UK "I started the label when I was about 19 and a student. I’d sent some Jung Analysts demos to the Cherry Red label, which was cultishly popular at the time,…Lire la suite HAMSTER RECORDS AND TAPES PART 1/4
FRETLESS IN JAPAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irjHNhTgJ2o&t=3s Motohiko Hamase - Plateau From Motohiko Hamase - Reminiscence Released on Shi Zen, 1986, Japan The idea that there are still some unsung Japanese heroes of ambient seems both very exciting and puzzling today as a lot of articles (some in mainstream magazines) and even reissues (like the recent reissue of Midori Takada's Through the Looking Glass) have…Lire la suite FRETLESS IN JAPAN
BARRERAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmzPHO_CKSk&feature=youtu.be Iury Lech - Here Comes Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes From Iury Lech - Victima Of Dunceing Released on Insolit, 2001, Spain Many of you may have heard of Iury Lech's mind blowing computer-assisted second album, Musica Para El Fin de Los Cantos, featuring the ambient banger Barreras. However, the popularity of this record - which will…Lire la suite BARRERAS
VAPOR FRAMES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyL5Td9EYlM Bebo Baldan featuring Steve James - Eb-0 (from "Guerilla") From Bebo Baldan featuring Steve James - Vapor Frames 86/91 Released on Divergo, 1991, Italy As a "new-age-ethereal-ambient" enthusiast, you must be aware that there is a thin line between the ambient side of music and its nemesis, the "lounge" side of music. In other…Lire la suite VAPOR FRAMES
BIGGER THAN LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chMvgda-8Y&feature=youtu.be Joe Hisaishi - シーラカンスの夢 From Joe Hisaishi - シンデレラ迷宮 Released on Columbia 1984, Japan How can we possibly introduce Joe Hisaishi, without doubt one of the mot influential composers for the cinema from the last 30 years? Let's begin with some facts... By the end of the 1960's, Hisaishi has already graduated from the prestigious…Lire la suite BIGGER THAN LIFE
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